Large-eddy simulation of a diurnal cycle of the atmospheric boundary layer: Atmospheric stability and scaling issues

Water Resources Research

Volumn 42, Issue SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Kumar, Vijayant ^a   Kleissl, Jan ^a,b   Meneveau, Charles ^c   Parlange, Marc B ^a,d  

^a The Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBULENT FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER (ABL); NOCTURNAL JETS; RICHARDSON NUMBER; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY;

AERODYNAMICS;

AERODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBULENT FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYER; DIURNAL VARIATION; HEAT FLUX; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; RICHARDSON NUMBER;

EID: 33746633286     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005WR004651     Document Type: Article

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